Prevocational programming in the rehabilitation of the head-injured patient. A summary

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the success and relevance of prevocational and transitional programming, as components of reentry for the head-injured patient, to the treatment continuum of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. Prevocational and transitional programming are particularly applicable to the young adult with head injury because they combine conditioning and instruction in a societal, thus a developmental, context. The societal context is described and distinguished from a purely medical or clinical model. The specific features, problems, and prerequisites of prevocational and transitional programming are discussed.